Necktie



June 9, 1931. J. c. McCURRACH NECKTIE Filed Oct. 24, 1929 INVENTOR, J22 mes/Pf? rmg 6',

' ATTORNEY.

Patented June 9, 1931 unit STATES PATENT FFI H JAIKES*C. MCCURRACH, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB TO MCQUERACH ORGANIZATION, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF HEW YORK NECK'TIE Application filed October 24, was. Serial No. 402,037;

The present invention relates to neck-ties,-

-f-I of so as to resist the strains thereon and discourage their becoming wrinkled or creased as an incident of such strains in adjusting them to the collar preparatory to tying them and also toproduce a desirable fulness in the knot, for which purpose it has heretofore been the custom to incorporate in the tie a separate piece of suitable lining which was only associated with the outer or facing fabric of the tieby being contained in the latter and by one or more mere lines of stitching,

' wherefore it did not properly resist the mentioned strains and it did not effectually prevent the creasing or act to remove it when the strain which caused the creasing was absent.

I aim to provide a tie in the mid-portion of which, at least, where the strains are likely to disorganize the tie and to leave it permanently creased, the construction shall be such as more effectually than heretofore to resist the mentioned strains and discourage the creasing and remove it when the tie is free of such strains. To this end I construct the tie so that its mid-portion shall be a single fabric of two layers or meshes, the facing mesh and a resilient backing mesh, which are formed as distinct meshes though connected by thread-loops scattered throughout their common area. Since the backing mesh is resilient and is bound to the facing mesh in this way all portions of the facingmesh within the mentioned area are not only reinforced by the backing mesh but the latter resists, due to its resilience being active on the facing mesh at such scattered points, their creasing and if such creasing exists while the tie is being worn it is effective to remove it as soon as the tie is removed and allowed to relax.

In the drawings, I

Fig. 1 shows the blank from which on proper folding the tie may be formed, the view showing. the reverse side of such blank;

Fig. 2 is a view of the obverse side after 1 the blank is thus folded;

F ig. 3 shows a fragment ,of the fabric from which the blank is made;

Fig. 4 is a section of'the fabric taken on line os-w, Fig. 3, this view being very much magnified; and

Fig. 5 is a cross section through the midportion of the tie. I

I shall describe the improved tie in the preferredform illustrated by the drawings, but it should be understood that such is to be regarded only as an example.

I The blank shown in Fig. 1 comprises terminalportions 1 and 2 and an intermediate portion 3, these being stitched together on parallel bias lines 4tand the intermediate por tion in fact comprising two sections stitched together on the diagonal line 5'. In this I have followed one known construction but I do not wish of'course to'be limited there to as other constructions may be followed What I term the mid-portion of the tie may be taken as extending in the present case from the one tothe other of the diagonal lines 6, what I term its ends being outward of these lines.

Said mid-portion is composed of two meshes, a backing mesh 7 of resilient material, as wool (appearing in Fig. 1 and see Fig. 4:) and a facing mesh 8 of the tie-mate rial proper, as silk (appearing in Fig. 2 and Fig. 4) said ends are composed of the facing mesh only, which is a continuation of the facing mesh. of themid-portion so that at the ends the material of the tie appears the same on both its obverse and-reverse sides. The purpose in forming the ends of: a mesh which is the same as the facing mesh of the mid-portion will appear hereinafter.

To form the tie from the blank the edges of the ends may be hemmed, as at 9, the marginalportion 10 may be lapped over so that in the completed tie its raw edge will be concealed, then the blank folded on the longitudinal line 11 to form a flap and then again foldedon the longitudinal line 12 to produce a flap which conceals the raw edge of the first flap, suitable stitching 15 being then applied to keep these flaps in place.

The result is a tie which has the desired resilience, and strength and fulness inits mid-portion where it is otherwise susceptible of creasing and distortion as an incident of adjusting it when tying and where the fulness is necessary in order to produce a prop erly appearing knot.

How the fabric from which the tie is made may be formed and how the blank to form the tie may be cut therefrom will now be described by way of example:

In Fig. 3 a fabric is shown comprising two meshes face to face, i. e., the mentioned facing mesh 8 extending from one to the other of the edges 13 and the mentioned resilient backing mesh extending from one to the other of the lines 14, and these are connected throughout their common areas, preferably at scattered points, by loops 15 of the threads (warp or weft) of one reaching to the other mesh and caught and held by threads of the latter; as it would usually be undesirable to have the loops of the baser backing mesh appear in the facing mesh I prefer that these loops extend from the facing mesh to and be caught and held by the threads of the backing mesh, as shown in Fig. 4. The forming of the fabric in this way is simply a matter of carrying on two weaving operations at the same time in two superposed planes, and properly manipulating the harness in the loom so that the area common to the two meshes and connect ing them together.

3. A fabric neck-tie comprising a facing mesh extending from end to end of the tie and a backing mesh face-to-face therewith and occupying the mid-portion of the tie and being of appreciably less length than the facing mesh, whereby at least one end portion of the facing mesh will at the side thereof next to the backing mesh be uncovered there by, the two meshes having their threads interlaced at various points throughout the entire length and breadth of the backing mesh.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JAMES C. MoCURRACH.

warps of one mesh will at times cross the weft threads of the other.

From this fabric the parts going to make up the blank are preferably cut on the bias according to the well known custom, and when this is done (it being understood that the lines of the fabric in Fig. 3 correspond to the lines 6 of the blank in Fig. 1.) each terminal portion 1 and and 2 of the blank will. inward of its line 6 be composed of the two meshes and outward thereof of but the facing mesh. The object in forming the ends of the tie of only the facing mesh is to have only the superior material of that mesh visible at the reverse as well as the obverse sides of such ends-in other words, the baser material of the backing mesh is thus nowhere apparent, since it otherwise becomes concealed on the folding of the blank on lines 11 and12.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim is:

1. A fabric neck-tie formed on one face and to one end of a facing mesh and on the other face and as to its mid-portion but short of said end of a distinct backing mesh more resilient than the facing mesh, said tie including ing thread-loops scattered throughout the area common to the two meshes and connecting them together.

2. A fabric neck-tie formed on one face and to each end of a facing mesh and. on the other face and as to its mid-portion but short of each end of a distinct backing mesh more resilient than the facing mesh, said tie includ mg thread-loops scattered throughout the ios 

